Quiet Riding

"...in about ninety percent of the cases where a horse runs off with a rider because he's frightened, it is the rider's inability to think and act clearly that gets them both in trouble."

"What I usually do [with a runaway horse] is take one rein and pull the horse's head off to one side or the other, forcing him into a tight circle....He'll go around a few times, expending the energy that his flight instinct is forcing him to use, before finally coming to a stop and trying to get a look at what it was that frightened him."

"...by teaching your horse how to stop properly to begin with, along with making sure that he has confidence that you will help him through scary situations, running away or being hard to stop will simply not be an option for him."